3.25 the jumping back and forth in time threw me for a bit. ( )

I was juuuuust at the point where I required resolution when finally all the pent-up crap broke loose.

There is a lot of not communicating (the basis for problems in romances IRL and in fiction), and some of it annoys me, but not enough to subtract any stars. People screw up, it's a fact made worse when emotions crowd out critical thinking. The resolution, when it comes, is swift - and I'm glad I bought the trilogy.

Rather than alternating chapters for the two points of view, Pete and Ash have Parts with multiple chapters. I understand why from a writing perspective, but me the reader found parts a little tedious. I liked the unusual take on labels, and I liked how tough the resolution was to get to. AQ ( )

Obviously I'm in the minority here. There were too many things bothering me in this story to enjoy it.

- The constant use of "fucker" as a term of endearment. I'm not a native English speaker, and I've never heard it used that way before. Is it slang? Is it really used that way in real life? I don't know, maybe some of my US friends can enlighten me. But every time it was used it felt jarringly out of place and took me out of the story.

- I felt uncomfortable with the number of negative comments toward women. It's possible I was being overly sensitive, since I didn't find any other reviewer on GR noticing it, but in the first half of the story every chick was "the same," "easy," or had something aggressively distasteful about her. Again, it was probably me being overly sensitive, but it sure didn't help me love the characters or enjoy the story.
EDIT: Scratch that. I'm not the only one who noticed. It's a thing and it makes me feel better and worse at the same time (because I actually like most of Leigh's books). See Meep's review; sraxe's review.

- Too many coincidences.

- Pete's reaction when he like a jerk jumped to conclusion that Ash was taking drugs again was way OTT. His main reason to get pissed off at Ash seemed to be that "Ash put his mother in danger." Really? When did you guys make a deal that Ash will take care of her? When did it become his responsibility?

- The story couldn't keep my attention because it dragged so much. It took me 7 days to finish it. SEVEN DAYS. It was a combination of rinse-and-repeat thing it had going on for the better part of the book and the fact I didn't really like the characters or care that much what happened to them.

In conclusion, I think it's possible this book just caught me in the wrong mood. I'm not sure I want to read the rest of the series though. ( )

I enjoyed this story. Pete and Ash were both very complicated characters, and the author took her time while unfolding them. There is a lot going on, much more than a love story. I enjoyed it enough to want to read the next book. ( )

I don't know if it's because I'm not used to reading romance and this is just how they normally go, but it really seemed like this book had no real plot at all. It was well written and I liked the characters, but I was constantly waiting for something to happen. It read kind of like a FanFiction. ( )